Bracket.



C. M. WOLFE.

BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED sin I4. 1918.

1,27,553. Patented Dec. 10,1918.

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Arne PATENT OFFICE.

CLINTON M.-WOLFE, 0F CDEB'URN, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR-OF- ONE-HALF T0 AUBURNLwIP. COBBLER, 0F TACOMA, VIRGINIA, AND THREE-EIGHTHS TO WILLIAM"P.GORDZER, OF

FORT BLACKMORE, VIRGINIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. nnaonnr- Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

Application filed September 14, 1918. Serial No. 254,051.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLINTON M. WOLFE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Coeburn, in the county of Vise and State of Virginia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Brackets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in brackets especiallydesigned for use in connection with stove-pipes and adapted for facileattachment to operative positlon on the pipe.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a simple,comparatively ineX pensive device, that may with facility be attached tothe stove pipe, and with equal facility, when necessary, be detachedtherefrom, and which is comparatively simple in construction, durable,and Well adapted for performing the functions for which it is intended.

The invention consists essentially in a device made up of a single pieceof wire bent to proper shape, and so fashioned that it providesresilient device adapted to frictionally engage the stove pipe and berigidly held thereon, when the bracket is either under load or empty.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated one complete example ofthe physical embodiment of my invention, constructed and arrangedaccording to the best mode so far devised for the practical applicationof the principles of my invention.

Figure l is a top plan view of the bracket fashioned according to myinvention, and shown in connection with a stove pipe that is illustratedin section.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the bracket or shelf, attached to thestove pipe.

Fig. 3 is a detail of the bent ends, of the wire forming the shelf,which are utilized to lock the bracket on the stove pipe.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention as shown in thcdrawing, theshelf or bracket is a circularly shaped device having a series ofradially projecting arms 1, here shown as six in number, but it will bereadily understood that a larger number or a smaller number of arms maybe employed if desired. These arms are disposed horithat may be hung onthe arm or supported thereon.

The arms at their inner ends are merged into a circular band 3, whichband is interrupted by the downwardly projecting forks formed by thelegs a, 41: standing in vertical planes, and joined at the lower ends toform outwardly projecting, horizontal feet 5 that are not so long as thearms 1, but which are preferably equal thereto in number, and formedeach with a slightly upturned end 5 forming a retaining hook. Underordinary or normal conditions these legs formed by the bars 4 4- aredisposed in vertical planes ,with the bars parallel, or substantiallyso, but when the bracket is to be placed on the stove pipe the bars ofthe legs are spread apart, as indicated in Fig. 2, and because of theresiliency of the wire the device clamps itself on the pipe.

. The adjoining ends 7 and S of the circular band 3 are bent downwardlyand the downwardly bent bars 9 10 are provided with outwardly projectinglocking ends 9 and 10 respectively, which are twisted to form the lock11.

Thus when the shelf or bracket is placed about the stove pipe, the twoend bars 9- and 10 are hooked over opposite arms, as indicated at 13 and1d respectively, then the two bars are brought together at their lowerends and the locking ends 9 and 10 are twisted on each other to form thefoot 11 and lock the device on the stove pipe.

Due to the resiliency of the wire bracket or shelf the device is claspedtightly about the pipe, and it will readily be seen that the legs ,whichare stretched into zigzag shape will support and hold the shelf and itsload when placed thereon, and it will be apparent that utensils andother suitable articles may be hung from the several parts of the deviceand be supported thereby as usual.

What I claim is A stove pipe bracket made of a single piece of Wire andpossessing resiliency and comprising a series of horizontal, radialtwisted arms having upturned extremities and merging at their innerportions into a circular band, said band being formed With vertical barsbent therefrom and said bars having outwardly bent feet, and the ends ofsaid single piece of wire having doavmvardly bent portions and outwardlybent locking extremities twisted together to retain the 10 device abouta stove pipe.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

CLINTON M. WOLFE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

